AMD Athlon II X2 250 CPU Review - PAGE 6

In case PCMark is unknown to you, it is pretty much the same as the 3DMark suite from FutureMark except the fact that it includes many other tests like hard drive speed, memory and processor power, so we consider it as a system benchmark and not just a gaming benchmark.

That is pretty amazing. Not only did it beat its ancestor, but also the Core 2 Duo E8400. Looking ahead, it is not very far from its cousin the Phenom II X2, which it was able to beat easily once overclocked.

I have the 250 and am running 4x1gb sticks of Corsair Dominator 1066mhz ddr2 ram. With overclocking, I can hit 1120 with all 4 sticks in. With just two sticks in it can hit 1333mhz, with single digit latency drops. So I believe the conclusion on this subject is wrong.

Intel chips may use more power but they get more done in the same amount of time. If you wan't to go spew that intel doesn't care about the environment you should run a side by side test of computer processing and see which platform gets the most work done per watt over x amount of time.